Improvement in handles for shoemakers  tools



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city andlconntylof Philadelphia and State `of Beni sylvaniahave made new and useful Improvements in' "HandlesforiShoemakei-s Tools; and Ido hereby del Clare the1`f'ollowing,tol` be a'clear` audexactdescription 1 of the natureithereofgsuh'cient to enable others skilled u in the art@,tolirhichiniyiuvention appertains` to fully `understand anduse"` o theaccompanying. drawing making part of `this speciie same, reference being had to Figure l is Ia side view ofthe device'illustrating my y auvent-lori.` I t o Figure2 is acentralflongitudinal section thereof'.

Figure 3 isanend'lview thereof.

Smilarle ters `of freferencefindicatecorresponding `parts inthe several `gures.

It is Well: known to `"those using shoemakers tools that the working portion of some of them require to" in order` .te produce results intended of `'lhe tangs orshanks ofthe tools alsobecome heated,

.lochar thewood, and gradually loosetheir holds in the fhandles, so that in a short time the handles are useless.

. jTheheatandQmotionsfof the shank bore out the handles, a11d,\owing[to the harsh `usage of the tools, plugging or `fillinglof the space between the `tang and "bore is not of inuchfavail, because it will work itself loose and drop out.`

mAgaiu'zfthe handles @are subjected gto lsevere tests 1and.jlabor.y The workmen grasp'theml lirmly, and impart shox-tand qniokmotions thereto, besides pressi ug l with great power against the work. This soou cracks breaksthe "handles",land they are then thrown aside.. lllyinventionfis designed to remedy` these evils, and

. `consists iuconstiucting l the handles of shoemakers o ,tools lof metal`,andalsoproviding them with bushings 11j "of wood orwother.nononducting material, whereby ltheto'ollmay be `firmlysecured to the handle rand e heat is preventeddreaching the handle owing to th'e nature of the materialofwhichl the bushing is formed.

tool subjected to harsh usage handle, `and ,receiviesfa bushing,.B,"consisting of a piece of woodwhichlfits the space,fand;is formed with y an'opening forentrah egof the tang of the tool,.which 1 tangisforcedintothebushing, and owing to the ref l sistance oftliegmetal ofthehandlawill be firmly em- 3. i bedded inthezfwoodembushing e. WnGNnRgoP PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 115,257, daad may 2a, 1871.

Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pax-t of the same.

dles heretofore in use, because the handles must be of size to be rmly grasped by the hand, and thus being made of small diameter are weak and easily cracked.

The faces orworking portions of manyy tools require to be heated for various purposes well known to shoemakers. The tangs become hot and impart heat to the handles.'

In `wooden handles 'the repeated heating of the." tangs and harsh,v usage and pressure of the tool vchars and chafes the handles and soon causes the tang'to loosen, ,boring7 itself around and in the handle, and gradually freeing itself from its hold.

In a handle of metal there is a limit to the working loose ofthe tang." The bushing readily holds the tang, but being likewise held in its location by the metallic sides of `the handle which surround it, it ressts in a great measure the oscillations or working of `the tang,'and thus the tool and handle are firmly united. o i

Then, again, the wooden bushing acts as a noncoriductorof heat, and thereby-prevents heat from 3 reaching the handle, whereby Ithe latter is kept cool,

and not liable to `aiifect the hands of the operator.

The-small portion 4of the bushing that projects be-A yond the edge of the handle will be secured aud protected by a band or-ferrnle, C.

, A rin hold'can be taken of the metal handle and the latter be wielded with great power, thereby greatly facilitating the work.

The handles can easily be made to conform to' the shape of the inside of the closed hand. Should the wooden bushing B'be worn out there will be but small expense to replace it. The handle' pi'operremains intact, and is in nowise destroyed by severe usage, `wearing away of the bushing, cha-rring, and the'other tests to whihtools of this class are subjected.

Having thus described myv invention,

What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

V As an-article of manufacture, a handle for shoevmakers tools, constructed of the metal handle A and wooden bushing B, combined and operating together, substantially'as and for the purpose described.

. The above signed by me this 20th day of March,

CHARLES G. WEGrNER.

" Witnesses:

J oHN A. WIEDERSIIEIM, Gao. OHAN'DLER PAUL. 

